at table
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Eating a meal at a table, especially with others.
- sitting at table with a servant
- […] but anything would have been better than sitting at table with a thing only fit for a May-day sweep on one's head.1876, Lady Barker, The Kafir at Home, printed in The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, volume 23 (87?), page 221 http://books.google.com/books?id=YbkmAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22May%20Day%20sweep%22&pg=PP15#v=onepage&q=%22May%20Day%20sweep%22&f=false
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- But she managed not to cry for she knew that would not do at table.1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 92:
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Preparing and serving the table for a meal, usually formal.
- Related terms
- seat at the table